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Information on presenting symptoms and signs, audiometric findings, tympanometry, and Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Questionnaire-7 scores were recorded pre- and post-operatively with a minimum follow up of one year.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0022215119002548_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Sixteen (64 per cent) of the 25 patients demonstrated symptom resolution after balloon Eustachian tuboplasty according to the Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Questionnaire-7. Fourteen (64 per cent) of the 22 patients with a type B or C tympanogram pre-operatively, had a type A trace post-operatively. Fifteen (75 per cent) of 20 patients with pre-operative conductive hearing loss showed improvement post-operatively, and 11 (50 per cent) of 22 patients with pre-operative middle-ear effusion or tympanic membrane retraction showed resolution.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0022215119002548_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Balloon Eustachian tuboplasty can improve subjective and objective measures of Eustachian tube dysfunction, and provide longer-term resolution.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0022215119002548","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,8]],"date-time":"2020-01-08T03:38:14Z","timestamp":1578454694000},"page":"34-40","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Balloon Eustachian tuboplasty for Eustachian tube dysfunction: report of long-term outcomes in a UK population"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"134","author":[{"given":"A E L","family":"McMurran","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"G E","family":"Hogg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S","family":"Gordon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"P M","family":"Spielmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S E","family":"Jones","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0022215119002548_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/lary.20950"},{"key":"S0022215119002548_ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0194599814567105"},{"key":"S0022215119002548_ref14","unstructured":"14 Spiggle & Theis. 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